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French grandee launches pro-EU campaign

Former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing is the front-figure of a new initiative, Re-Imagine Europa (RIE), launching Wednesday to reinforce Europe's role as a global economic power in the 21st century. "As Europeans we are at a turning point - we must re-seize the pragmatism that was so central to the founding spirit of the Union, or be swept away by the tide of history," 92-year old Giscard said.

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Populists and Eurosceptics are slowly realising that the goal of dismantling the EU is not only unrealistic, costly and unpopular - but also deprives them of valuable opportunities to accumulate political capital and exert influence.